For some reason, just like Firefox, i try other browsers and distros but always come back to these two (Solus Budgie and Firefox). Why?

Well, strictly Solus is:
1. super quiet on the HP Elitebook (one of the noisiest laptops ever!);
2. super fast to boot and shutdown (possibly fastest compared to other distros i've tried);
3. the simplicity of its GUI and minimal software installed and repo. offer an incentive to stick to the bare necessities. I tend to do so many things on the web but need to focus more on work. Solus should help (if i can stick to it!);
4. for those who complain about lack of software in repo., with the advent of Flatpak and Snap (Dedoimedo should now consider this in a future review) which i believe is the future of things, so many good apps are freely available and automatically updated (i.e. LibreOffice, Simplenote etc.).

So, end word.
Solus Budgie is hopefully going to make me a happy camper and keep me away from Windows 10.

"... It appears that Ikey Doherty, the founder and lead dev of Solus, has left the project. But donít worry Solus is in good hands ...":

With the main personality behind this now oblivionated, Solus will die out like so many others have in similar circumstances. Unfortunately a stack of new distros will spring up to replace it which is just what the Linux world does not want. Instead of trying to re-invent the wheel, devs should be concentrating on making those they already have turn better.

Whatever does or does not happen with the Solus project it's more than likely another team using this DE will continue Budgie development. As far as I'm aware Ubuntu is the only 'official' Budgie version so I would be looking in this direction first.

Being blunt though there are just too many DE's in circulation so losing one would be no great loss.